UFC 272 won’t be the first time Jorge Masvidal tried to confront his arch-nemesis and former “best friend” Colby Covington. Speaking to ESPN, Masvidal recalled a botched confrontation back when the pair were still both training under the American Top Team roof, following a massive PR faux pas on Covington’s part: talking trash about their teammates.
“I come into the gym, random practice, and I see him there — and he kind of tries to ignore me. And I was like, ‘Hey bro, after practice, we’ll talk.’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, yeah, for sure, bro. Cool, cool. We’re talking.’ It’s pretty amicable, it’s not that bad. He’s like, ‘What do you want to talk about?’ I’m like, ‘I want to talk about you being a b*tch and bringing up my name in interviews when Dan [Lambert, ATT coach] has said not to.’
Masvidal’s ATT Altercation with Colby Covington: “I was probably going to break a bottle on his face”
I still haven’t gone public with him [at the time], I’m just trying to address him man-to-man. Like, let’s not go that route, bro. And if we are, first let’s just put the gloves on, beat the sh*t each out of each other, and then get it out of the system, you know?”
Of course, as always with Colby Covington, it didn’t end there. As Masvidal walked away, Colby started running his mouth, which could have made things very ugly. “As soon as I turn my back and a couple people come with him, the show starts. [Covington yells back,] ‘I’ll f*cking kill you, bro! Don’t ever talk to me like that!’
Literally, I said my peace, turned around, started walking this way. This guy is f*cking shouting out at the mouth while we’re like 10 feet away. I turn around, I come to confront him. It’s too late. The whole gym’s involved because he made such a show, right?
So I tell him, there’s this place, this sushi place where we used to go to right here, and I tell him, ‘I’m going to go to the sushi place, bro. Dinner’s on me. Let’s go. I’ll be waiting for you.’ So I get in my car, go to the place. He’s not showing up. I get on Instagram, ‘Hey bro, if you want to collect your dinner, I’m over here.’ Blah, blah, blah.
He never showed up. So I’ve always known, deep down inside, he’s a coward, man. And I just can’t wait for March 5 to expose it.” Will Jorge Masvidal expose Colby Covington at UFC 272 this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
